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11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Images of the 21st Century
March 13 – 22, 2009
The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, presents approximately 170 films by directors from all over the world, as well as a full parallel events program, to be announced next Monday, March 9th.
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The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century (March 13 – 22, 2009) will present approximately 200 documentaries in the event’s flagship OLYMPION and PAVLOS ZANNAS theatres at the festival headquarters in Aristotelous square. Additional screening venues JOHN CASSAVETES, STAVROS TORNES, FRIDA LIAPPA and TONIA MARKETAKI are located at the Thessaloniki pier, within walking distance from the Festival headquarters, the guests’ hotels and the International Doc Market....
the 51st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film came to an end on Sunday with an Audience Day when all of the prize-winning films were shown once more. Festival director Claas Danielsen is very satisfied despite lower admission figures compared to the jubilee edition in 2007: „Both the cinemas and the digital DOK Market were very well attended. Our special programme „Afghanistan – From Inside“ was practically always sold out, there was an outstanding acceptance ...
FESTIVAL DO RIORio de Janeiro Film FestivalSeptember 25 to October 9, 2008 Commencing this Thursday, September 25, the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, embarks on a 15 day celebration of cinema with the start of Festival do Rio, the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.In presenting over 350 films selected from 60 countries at over 30 different venues across Rio, Festival do Rio digs deep into a rich catalogue of world premieres, Brazil and Latin premieres and tributes and retrospectives â...
"Doc Alliance" brings five important European festivals together that will jointly support the feature-length, innovative documentary film with a new form of co-operation. DOK Leipzig, Visions du Réel (Nyon), Planete Doc Review (Warsaw), International Documentary Film Festival of Jihlava (Czech Republic) and CPH: DOX (Copenhagen) are going to select an outstanding film once a year which distinguishes itself by a unique and individual style as well as by a novel perspective on reality. The five ...
DOK Leipzig | Award Winners 2007: The International Jury for Documentary Film awards for Documentary Films and Videos / Long Metrage (longer than 45 min)a Golden Dove along with euros 10,000 granted by TELEPOOL to the film "Nu te supara, dar ... " (Don’t Get Me Wrong) by Adina Pintilie (Romania) a Silver Dove along with euros 3,000 partially funded by Corona Films to the film "Kinder. Wie die Zeit vergeht." (Children. As Time Flies.) by Thomas Heise (Germany)The International Jury for Documen...
DOCVIEW PRESENTS DOCUMENTARY FILMS FROM THE GULF OF FINLAND REGIONDOCview, a new feature of the DocPoint - Helsinki documentary film festival, focuses on film culture and filmmakers from the Gulf of Finland region. DOCview includes the DOCview Videotheque and the DOCview Programme. The videotheque is targeted at international distributors and commissioning editors, as well as other professional audiences. The programme offers festival-goers a chance to see the gems of this year's selection. The ...
